Meraki Contracts with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Meraki
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for remote or hybrid contract work requiring knowledge or experience of Meraki products and/or services. It includes a benchmarking guide to contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Meraki over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

The figures below represent the IT contractor job market in general and are not representative of contractor rates within Cisco Meraki.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 279 324 377
Rank change year-on-year +45 +53 +166
Contract jobs citing Meraki 25 21 100
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.25% 0.14% 0.39%
As % of the Vendors category 0.55% 0.32% 0.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 18 14 53
10th Percentile £374 £282 £315
25th Percentile £424 £300 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £413 £475
Median % change year-on-year +21.21% -13.16% +5.56%
75th Percentile £569 £484 £550
90th Percentile £614 £539 £648
UK median daily rate £500 £425 £450
% change year-on-year +17.65% -5.56% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 2
10th Percentile - - £11.60
25th Percentile - - £11.74
Median hourly rate - - £13.33
75th Percentile - - £14.78
90th Percentile - - £14.84
UK median hourly rate £23.59 - £13.33
% change year-on-year - - -37.99%

All Vendors
Work from Home

Meraki falls under the Vendor Products and Services category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a remote or hybrid options requiring knowledge or experience of all vendor products and services.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 4,540 6,506 11,129
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 45.84% 42.40% 43.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,959 4,024 7,488
10th Percentile £325 £325 £330
25th Percentile £413 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -0.10% - -
75th Percentile £625 £625 £650
90th Percentile £738 £725 £750
UK median daily rate £515 £517 £525
% change year-on-year -0.39% -1.52% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 120 220 258
10th Percentile £14.20 £13.92 £17.87
25th Percentile £19.56 £16.93 £31.81
Median hourly rate £47.25 £32.31 £54.50
Median % change year-on-year +46.25% -40.72% +55.71%
75th Percentile £68.00 £60.00 £68.75
90th Percentile £86.00 £72.50 £80.25
UK median hourly rate £26.45 £22.30 £43.75
% change year-on-year +18.61% -49.03% +108.14%

Meraki
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options citing Meraki as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Meraki trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

Meraki
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing Meraki.

Meraki daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Meraki
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with remote working options citing Meraki over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Meraki daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Meraki
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing Meraki.

Meraki hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

Meraki
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 2 (8.00%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (4.00%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 10 (40.00%) Azure
2 4 (16.00%) Entra ID
3 3 (12.00%) Azure ExpressRoute
4 2 (8.00%) Microsoft 365
5 1 (4.00%) Asana
5 1 (4.00%) AWS
5 1 (4.00%) Cloudflare
5 1 (4.00%) GCP
5 1 (4.00%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 18 (72.00%) Firewall
2 12 (48.00%) Wi-Fi
3 8 (32.00%) BGP
3 8 (32.00%) WAN
4 7 (28.00%) Network Security
5 6 (24.00%) LAN
5 6 (24.00%) VPN
5 6 (24.00%) Wireless
6 5 (20.00%) OSPF
6 5 (20.00%) VLAN
7 4 (16.00%) DNS
8 3 (12.00%) Internet
8 3 (12.00%) MPLS
8 3 (12.00%) NGFW
8 3 (12.00%) SD-WAN
9 2 (8.00%) NetScaler
9 2 (8.00%) VoIP
10 1 (4.00%) DHCP
10 1 (4.00%) SNMP
10 1 (4.00%) SSL
Development Applications
1 1 (4.00%) JIRA
General
1 8 (32.00%) Finance
2 4 (16.00%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (8.00%) Local Government
3 2 (8.00%) Telecoms
4 1 (4.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 11 (44.00%) Network Engineer
2 6 (24.00%) Architect
3 4 (16.00%) Cisco Engineer
3 4 (16.00%) Cisco Network Engineer
3 4 (16.00%) Security Architect
4 3 (12.00%) Azure Engineer
4 3 (12.00%) Cloud Architect
4 3 (12.00%) Cloud Security Architect
4 3 (12.00%) Firewall Architect
4 3 (12.00%) IT Engineer
4 3 (12.00%) IT Support
4 3 (12.00%) Senior
5 2 (8.00%) Head of Engineering
5 2 (8.00%) IT Manager
5 2 (8.00%) IT Support Manager
5 2 (8.00%) Network Security Engineer
5 2 (8.00%) Product Architect
5 2 (8.00%) Security Engineer
5 2 (8.00%) Senior Network Engineer
5 2 (8.00%) Support Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (4.00%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 7 (28.00%) Data Centre
2 2 (8.00%) Data Protection Act
3 1 (4.00%) Onboarding
3 1 (4.00%) Operational Technology
3 1 (4.00%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 2 (8.00%) Windows
2 1 (4.00%) Linux
2 1 (4.00%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (24.00%) Problem-Solving
2 5 (20.00%) Cloud Security
3 4 (16.00%) Creative Problem-Solving
3 4 (16.00%) Network Design
4 3 (12.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 3 (12.00%) Network Architecture
4 3 (12.00%) Stakeholder Management
5 2 (8.00%) Change Management
5 2 (8.00%) Data Protection
5 2 (8.00%) High Availability
6 1 (4.00%) Information Security
6 1 (4.00%) Investment Management
6 1 (4.00%) ITSM
6 1 (4.00%) Load Balancing
6 1 (4.00%) Network Management
6 1 (4.00%) Network Monitoring
6 1 (4.00%) Proactive Maintenance
6 1 (4.00%) Project Delivery
6 1 (4.00%) Service Management
6 1 (4.00%) Virtual Infrastructure
Programming Languages
1 1 (4.00%) PowerShell
1 1 (4.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 9 (36.00%) CCNP
1 9 (36.00%) Cisco Certification
2 2 (8.00%) CCNA
2 2 (8.00%) SC Cleared
2 2 (8.00%) Security Cleared
3 1 (4.00%) CCIE
3 1 (4.00%) CCSA
3 1 (4.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (4.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 5 (20.00%) Active Directory
2 1 (4.00%) Firmware
2 1 (4.00%) Virtual Desktop
2 1 (4.00%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (4.00%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 6 (24.00%) FortiGate
2 2 (8.00%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (4.00%) Plesk
Vendors
1 20 (80.00%) Cisco
2 13 (52.00%) Palo Alto
3 7 (28.00%) Fortinet
4 5 (20.00%) Microsoft
5 4 (16.00%) Zscaler
6 3 (12.00%) CheckPoint
7 2 (8.00%) Arista
7 2 (8.00%) Forcepoint
7 2 (8.00%) Juniper
7 2 (8.00%) VMware
8 1 (4.00%) Aruba
8 1 (4.00%) Citrix
8 1 (4.00%) ForeScout
8 1 (4.00%) Genesys
8 1 (4.00%) Infoblox
8 1 (4.00%) Rackspace
8 1 (4.00%) SolarWinds
8 1 (4.00%) Ubiquiti